Immigration officials arrest 10-year-old girl with cerebral palsy after surgery

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    Comme en Israël, pratiquement.

    The Gestapo-like tactics of the federal immigration police were on display this week when officials in Texas arrested a 10-year-old girl with cerebral palsy, Rosamaria Hernandez, after she underwent gallbladder surgery, because she is undocumented.

    On Tuesday at 2 a.m., officers of the Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) stopped Rosamaria’s ambulance at an immigration checkpoint as she was en routeto an emergency surgery at a hospital in Corpus Christi. Agents first tried to force Rosamaria’s cousin, who has legal status, to take the young girl to a hospital in Mexico. Rosamaria’s undocumented parents were not with her because they feared crossing the checkpoint. When her cousin refused, agents then followed Rosamaria to Driscoll Children’s Hospital.